The theme is the message, or lesson learned, in a text.What will be the message of your story?

What will the main character learn?What statement or observation will your story make about human nature,

society, and/or the world

Hatchet is a suspenseful novel, the main character Brian get lost in the Canadian Wildness when the plane he is in crashes. The story events follow the young boy, age 13, as he learn to use his hatchet and his instincts to survive on his own for forty four days.

Literary Elements, Strategies, & Techniques

Themes Never Give Up Perseverance and Determination Coming of age-growing upFearLearning

ForeshadowingThe gift of the hatchetPilot instruct Brian on how to fly the plane

SettingNew YorkCanadian Wilderness

CharactersBrian, a 13 year old boy Main characterPilotBrian’s Mom

Point of ViewThird-person Omniscient

Symbolism / Motifs / Metaphors / Imagery / Symbols

Reflection on HatchetThe author showed how with little imagination a young teenage boy can take care of himself in the wilderness. It hard to think how Brian felt when the pilot died and he had to fly the airplane until he crashed it.

My church youth group went on a camping trip and one of the kids got sick with a rash from poison ivy or something. This is not as bad as Brian was when he ate a lot of choke berries. The story would not have been as suspenseful if Brian had found the survival kit earlier.

My Imaginative Short Story

Story title- Book-Seekersby

Amari Buycks Grade 6

Theme: Finding lost booksCharacter: MS Librarian and Mr. Booklet

The Writing Process

• Prewriting• Drafting• Revising• Editing• Revising & Publishing PowerPoint

Score: Part 1= 100% Part 2= 100%

Creative Short Story Rubric Individual ProjectPART I About the Novel

Possible score

Theme: What is the big Idea? Literary Elements:

Characters: interestingLiterary Strategies & Techniques:Sensory details, similes, metaphors, and imageryStyle & tone

5

Theme: Is there a real life connection? Clearly shows an understanding by making real life connection 5

What is the plot? Understand that Plot: sustains readers interest, well paced action, and engaging story line

5

Where did this story take place? Clearly understands Setting is specific, believable, an full of sensory details 5

What is the lesson meant for the main character ? Understands the role of each character to the story 10

How are the Supporting Characters interesting? Why are the lesser character important and how o they relate to the main character?

5

Story Map Genre: Short Fiction Audience: ? 25

Part II Personal Reflection

Drafting Organization: sequence of events is easy to follow (follow story map)Focused: zoom in on a specific eventCoherent: writing makes sense and is easy to understand

100

Structure Precise word choice: enhances style and toneVivid images: sensory details, simile, metaphor, and imager. Consistent point of viewUse of simple, compound, and complex sentencesCoherence Transitions .

50

Conventions of Language

fewer than 10 errors (Pre-AP, ZERO ERRORS)

Grammar: simple, compound, & complex sentencesMechanics: capitalization and punctuationSpelling

100

Revising & Publishing Final product- choice of presentation appropriate for imaginative story 100